Portrait of Ada Enid Haldeman of Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1908
Description:
Photograph taken before her marriage to Gene Ford. Ada was a West Virginia state leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution giving the women the right to vote. Mrs. Ford was also president and founder of the Women's Suffrage League in Taylor County.
Art Student Neta Blanche Lazzell, Art Student League, New York City, N. Y.
Date:
1908
Description:
Neta Blanche Lazzelle from Maidsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia, dropped her first name, "Neta" and the "e" on her last name at the beginning of her career as an artist.
The Spinster Club at Lucy Wood Lawrence's wedding, February 18, 1908. From left: Bess Brown, Willa Brand, Sallie Bennett, Lucy Wood, Minnie Core, Josie Kunkle, Tillie Bernhardt. The Spinster Club of Morgantown flourished by the first decade of this century. At least two members married. All were Morgantowners who had graduated from high school and several had finished West Virginia University. Most were teachers. The Club met to socialize and visit on Saturday nights, with an occasional male friend or fiance allowed to attend. Members helped Ruth Wood, a pioneer stenographer, Realtor,and political candidate, raise her sister Lucy's daughter after Lucy died in China giving birth to her only child.
'L-R: Mildred E. Donahue, Mary Jane(Jean) Donahue, Margaret Helen Donahue and the infant unknown. Picture taken on Monticello St., Hollywood Section of Pgh., P.A.'